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Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for October 2025. Read about Taeniophyllum northlandicum updates, NZPCN AGM election results and council members stepping down, new locations for the uncommon liverwort Dumortiera hirsuta, a new way to access plant lists on the NZPCN website, how butterflies and rongoa redeem the stinging tre nettle Urtica ferox and upcoming events.

Author: NZPCN; Bill Campbell; Jesse Bythell; Marley Ford; Celia Wade-Brown;

Date: 29/10/2025

Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for September 2025. Read about the 2025 recipients of the David Given Threatened Plant Scholarship, distribution of the rare fern Christella dentata in northern New Zealand, NZPCN AGM registration, council elections and the new constitution, an update from the September NZPCN council meeting, a book review: Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts of the World: A Guide to every order by Joanna Wilbraham and upcoming events.

Author: NZPCN, Alex Fergus; Marley Ford; Jesse Bythell; Melissa Hutchison;

Date: 24/09/2025

Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for August 2025. Read about the sea bean Canavalia sericea being a new vagrant for New Zealand, the conservation status of mosses in New Zealand in 2025, Plant of the Month Corybas rivularis, a book review of Indigenenous and Naturalised Exotic Vascular Plants in the Rotorua Lakes Ecological District, NZPCN website updates, NZPCN oral submission to Select Committee on the Game Animal Council ( Herds of Special Interest) Bill, Petals and… More

Author: NZPCN; Marley Ford; Kevin Matthews; Pascale Michel; Bill Campbell; Sarah Beadel; Jesse Bythell;

Date: 27/08/2025

Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for July 2025. Read about Syrian carrots and the origins of the name Gingidia, updates from the NZPCN President, a third location for Apopellia endiviifolia in New Zealand, helping to improve Wikipedia entries for our native species, the John Child Bryophyte and Lichen Workshop, the upcoming publication of a new book “Hinewai Reflections” featuring the artwork of Hugh Wilson, the Petals and Threads Exhibition, Auction and Workshops, a wasp… More

Author: NZPCN; Philip Smith; Jesse Bythell; Marley Ford; Heidi Meudt; Siobhan Leachman; Christine Richardson; Sophie Sparrow; Allison Knight; Maia Mistral-Armour;

Date: 29/07/2025

Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for June 2025. Read about Asplenium obtusatum near Porirua, the 2025 David Given Threatened Plant Scholarship, video of karaka bearing fruit wanted, the 2025 Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at Otari-Wilton’s Bush, the annual Iwitahi Native Orchid Reserve working bee, a scam/spam email alert, A Forest & Bird August bush ramble in Northland, the 2025 John Child Bryophyte and Lichen Workshop and upcoming events.

Author: NZPCN; Robyn Smith, Alex Fergus; Susanne Krauss; Sophie Sparrow; Heidi Meudt; Siobhan Leachman; Christine Richardson; Toby Marris; Roslyn Norrie; Allison Knight; Maia Mistral-Armour;

Date: 25/06/2025

Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for May 2025. Read about Lake Ohia Pimelea orthia subsp. orthia population update, Alsophila dealbata name having priority over Alsophila tricolor, a Raukumara hikoi, NZPCN 2025 AGM and 2026 and 2027 conference dates, the discovery of a second population of Dictyomeridium neureuterae, regional botanical society journal and newsletter articles on the NZPCN website, the 2025 David Given Threatened Plant Scholarship, Department of Botany… More

Author: NZPCN; Bill Campbell; Peter J. de Lange; Nadine McKinnon; Alex Fergus; Megan Ireland; Rowan Hindmarsh-Walls; Andrew J. Marshall; Melissa Hutchison; Kate Bonne;

Date: 27/05/2025

Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for April 2025. Read about a new population of Pimelea orthia subsp. orthia located, new locations for the colonising cress Rorippa laciniata, misconceptions around moss identification, the Loder Cup 2025 and upcoming events.

Author: NZPCN; Bill Campbell; Marley Ford; Liadan Dickie;

Date: 25/04/2025

Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for March 2025. Read about a new record for Northland of Hydrocotyle hydrophila, update to the New Zealand Threat Classification System Vascular Plants 2023 assessment, a podcast recording with Dr Hugh Wilson about Hinewai Reserve, NZPCN website taxonomy updates, the rediscovery of the lichen Pyrenula moniliformis, QEII National Trust Central and South Canterbury Regional Representative job vacancies and upcoming events.

Author: NZPCN; Marley Ford; Peter J. de Lange; Dr Adam Forbes; Alex Fergus; Andrew J. Marshall;

Date: 29/03/2025

Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for February 2025. Read about Greater Wellington’s cutting edge innovation to protect native orchids, plant of the month Microtis oligantha, the first record of the invasive moss Fissidens taxifolius in Canterbury, ten online contributions you can make to the the biodiversity and open science communities, a recent assessment of the phenological phases of Exocarpos bidwillii, the brght future for the endangered Olearia gardneri and upcoming… More

Author: NZPCN; Grace Drysdale-Dunn; Bill Campbell; Liadan Dickie; Heidi M. Meudt; Siobhan Leachman; Duncan Cunningham; Department of Conservation;

Date: 26/02/2025

Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for December 2024. Read about the 2024 year in review, an addition to New Zealand’s lichen genera and a new species for Aoteroa/New Zealand, a new journal - Perspectives in Biodiversity, an ode to Trilepidea adamsii, the NZPCN constitution rewrite and reregistration as an incorporated society, the most elusive plants and upcoming events.

Author: NZPCN; Jesse Bythell; Peter J. de Lange; Louise Webster; Jane Gosden;

Date: 17/12/2024